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eke

1

[ eek ]

verb (used with object)

eked, eking.
  1. to increase; enlarge; lengthen.


verb phrase

    1. to make (a living) or support (existence) laboriously:

      They managed to eke out a living by farming a small piece of land.

    2. to supplement; add to; stretch:

      to eke out an income with odd jobs.

eke

2

[ eek ]

adverb

Archaic.

eke

1

/ ¾±Ë°ì /

verb

  1. archaic.
    tr to increase, enlarge, or lengthen
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

eke

2

/ ¾±Ë°ì /

sentence connector

  1. archaic.
    also; moreover
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of eke1

before 1000; Middle English eken, Old English ŧ²¹³¦ ( i ) an (intransitive), derivative of ŧ²¹³¦a (noun) increase; Middle English echen, Old English ŧ³¦²¹²Ô, variant of Ä«±ð³¦²¹²Ô (transitive) < West Germanic *aukjan; both akin to Old Norse auka, Gothic aukan, Latin ²¹³Ü²µÅ§°ù±ð, Greek ²¹³Ü³æá²Ô±ð¾±²Ô to increase, amplify

Origin of eke2

before 900; Middle English eek, Old English Ä“c, ŧ²¹³¦; cognate with German auch, Old Norse, Gothic auk
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of eke1

Old English eacan; related to Old Norse auka to increase, Latin ²¹³Ü²µÅ§°ù±ð to increase

Origin of eke2

Old English eac; related to Old Norse, Gothic auk also, Old High German ouh, Latin autem but, aut or
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Both candidates now are trying to "bring their enemies to the battlefield" to eke out an advantage, he added.

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By the end of Lynch’s run Magellan was a behemoth struggling to eke out “a razor thin margin of victory,†as investment commentator William Bernstein put it.

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Then, Ukraine just about managed to eke out its existing stocks of ammunition with the help of Europe.

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"It is stodgy, it is kick tennis, it is quite negative and it is fine to eke out one-point victories, but when those games go against you - which they will at times - you are going to get huge negative feedback."

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In 2021, at the end of another hectic afternoon, Ireland needed Sexton's nerveless late penalty to eke out a 27-24 victory.

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